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United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


REGULATIONS   CONCERNING   THE    IMPORTATION  OF  HAY  AM)   STRAW 
FROM  THE  ISLAM)  OF  JAMAICA,  BRITISH  WEST  INDIES. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 
Washington,  I).  ('.,  March  23,  1909. 

Under  authority  of  the  act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  act  to  enable  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  more  effectually  suppress  and  prevent  the 
spread  of  contagious  and  infectious  diseases  of  live  stock,  and  for  other 
purposes,"  approved  February  2.  1903,  and  to  prevent  the  introduction 
of  the  contagion  of  anthrax,  pleuro-pneumonia,  or  foot-and-mouth 
disease, 

It  is  lifreby  ordered,  That  all  hay  or  straw,  the  product  of  the  island 
of  Jamaica,  British  West  Indies,  or  which  has  been  transported  through 
said  island,  shall  be  disinfected  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Chief  of 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industr\T,  at  the  expense  of  the  importer,  before 
being  unloaded  from  the  vessel  bringing  it  into  any  port  of  the  United 
States,  and  when  unloaded  and  landed  it  shall  be  stored  and  held  in 
quarantine  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  three  months  in  some  place 
acceptable  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  and  under 
conditions  prescribed  by  him. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretory  of  Agriculture. 

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